Police in Pueblo, Colorado, are asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old boy who they believe is behind the shooting death of a 22-year-old man. The Pueblo Chieftain reported that Francisco Alcon was killed a little before 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning during a gang-related shooting. Now, authorities are looking for Johnny Dennel Jr., the teen …
The family of a Chinese scholar who police believe was murdered is leaving the United States without her body, the Associated Press reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Yingying Zhang vanished in June in Urbana, Illinois, where she was to begin her doctoral studies at the University of Illinois. Although Zhang’s body has not been located, …
Emerging surveillance video reportedly shows Sherri Papini running near a church in Yolo County, California, moments after she escaped her captors. KCRA reported that Shasta County Sheriff’s Office released the footage on Tuesday. The video, which can be viewed below, supposedly captured Papini on foot near the Jehovah’s Witness church in Woodland at 4:15 a.m. on …
Editor’s Note: Nancy Grace will be joined by experts and people close to the Susan Powell case Tuesday November 7th at 9:30am ET for a special taping of ‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’. Call 909-49-CRIME (909-492-7463) starting at 9:30am ET to join the conversation. Unencrypting a computer belonging to Susan Powell’s dead husband may be crucial in solving …
An Alabama man is being hailed a hero for going out of his way to find a missing 3-year-old girl who got lost in the woods earlier this week, the Cullman Tribune reports. Eric Gilbreath, 37, said he felt compelled to help search for Serenity Dawn Sanders because she and his son have the same …
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A Georgia woman who hasn’t seen her brother in 55 years is desperately hoping to reconnect with him as soon as possible, especially after learning her stage IV lung cancer has taken over her body. Atlanta’s 11Alive reports that Judy Marks Williams, 59, of Cedartown, Georgia, was the youngest out of seven children born to biological …
In the latest episode of Crime Stories, CrimeOnline‘s own Nancy Grace responded to a recent interview that George and Cindy Anthony gave, discussing their daughter Casey Anthony’s mental health. ‘Tot mom’ Casey Anthony was acquitted of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee in a sensational 2011 murder trial, but a cloud of suspicion has followed her …
Even without the victim’s body, police in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, believe they have arrested the man who killed a missing mother of two last month. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 31-year-old Leah Owens was reported missing on Sept. 17 after loved ones said she missed a fundraiser set up to benefit her sick mother. Days …
Tasha Fuiava and Jennifer Appel, along with their two dogs, were located Wednesday drifting in their boat approximately 900 miles southeast of Japan, according to CNN. “It was incredibly emotional and it was so satisfying to know the men and women that serve our country would come and assist us,” Appel told the media during …
MONTICELLO, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who disappeared from upstate New York after being dropped off for a doctor’s appointment 42 years ago has been found suffering from dementia and living in an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, authorities said. The sheriff’s office in Sullivan County, New York, said Flora Stevens, 78, was using the last …
Authorities are searching for a Mississippi man who allegedly left his 5-year-old son in the woods overnight. Wayne County Sheriff Jody Ashley told WDAM Monday that Richard Dearman, 32, is accused of leaving his young son in the woods for 24 hours last Wednesday. “He told him he thought the law was behind him,” Ashley said. “They …
